2024-05-12 16:15:00
CDMX.- According to figures from the fourth quarter of 2023 of National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), three out of every ten Mexican households, that is, 33 percent, are headed by women, which translates to 11.5 million and represents an increase of 67 percent in thirteen years
Gabriela Gutiérrez Mendoza, social worker and head of the Education and Extension Unit for Equality in the Coordination for Gender Equality (CIGU) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) explained that currently women question their decision to be mothers.
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“Now, motherhood is not linked to forming a couple and there are other dynamics between the bonds of mothers, children, daughters and sons,” mentioned the specialist.
Gutiérrez Mendoza mentions that women are becoming autonomous mothers and this has generated a growth trend that is statistically increasing.
“Autonomous motherhoods are all those processes in which women who have decided about their motherhood and their lives are directly related to mother, son, daughter and children and from them an organization of care, psycho-emotional support and life support is generated. “explained the analyst.
The specialist mentions that there are cases of autonomous mothers who find themselves in this status because they are survivors of violence, as is the case of Jessica, a woman whose partner did not allow her to exercise or use perfume, much less groom herself even if it was for work and presentation reasons.
Gabriela Gutiérrez details that one day a fight happened between the couple, the father was inconsistent at work and the entire financial burden was always on Jessica.
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When she questioned the father about the expenses, she decided to separate herself from him and raise her daughter on her own. “You won’t be able to handle her alone” and “you won’t be able to take care of her” are some of the things the man said in reaction.
“Parenthood has not been socially linked to the tasks of caring for children and even parenthood has been placed as if it were a decision,” Gabriela explained.
“You are a mother, but the father can decide whether or not he wants to be a father, or whether or not he wants to exercise fatherhood. It seems that being a mother will always be a mandate and an obligation,” he mentioned.
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